Coin-controlled mechanism.



PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

F. J. TEFPT.

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COIN CONTROLLED MECHANISM. APRLIOATION FILED uma. 1906.

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COIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

"Spe'cificatio'n'o f Letters Patent.

Patented. July 24, 1906.

Application filed January 16,1906. Serial No. 296,819.

To all whom it may cancer-w Be it known that I, FLOYD J. TEEFT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Geneva, in the county ofOntario and, State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Coin-Controlled Mechanism; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in coin-controlledmechanism, and comprises means whereby a coin fed into the apparatus isadapted to cooperate with mechanism for delivering an article, the coinafterward being automatically released and the various parts returningautomatically to their normal positions in readiness for a repetition ofthe operation.

More specifically, the invention comprises the provision in acoin-controlled apparatus of a rock-shaft having a suitable pocket orreceptacle mounted thereon which is adapted to receive a coin on edgewhich when held by said receptacle is'sopositioned that when the shaftis rocked with the coin in said receptacle an article in the path ofsaid coin may be delivered.

The invention consists, further, in various details of costruction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a front elevation of a portion of the casing, showing thecoin-slots and the angled ends of the rock-shafts. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view through the apparatus. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectionalview showing the manner in which the articles are delivered by a coincooperating with the rockshaft and receptacle mounted thereon; and Fig.4 is a detail view in elevation, showing the manner in which the coin isdirected to the receptacle upon the rock-shaft.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a casing for my apparatus, in which are positioned twovertically-disposed chutesB, which maybe of any suitable constructionand preferably open upon one side and in which the articles to beautomatically delivered are placed one upon another and which may beheld in position to be delivered by means of a weight B, resting uponthe pile of articles to be delivered. The lower end of each of saidchutes is open and each is provided with oppositely-disposed flanges C,upon which the pile of articles to be-delivered rests. Said flangesproject beyond the face of the chute and are preferably downwardlyinclined and form guides upon which the articles may fall by gravityinto the hopper or delivery rccep tacle D, access to which may be hadthrough an opening a in the front face of the casing.

a designates coin-slots (shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings) and in whichcoins are inserted to actuate the mechanism, and underneath each of saidslots is an inclined trough or chute E, which is vmhaped in crosssectionand has its lower end closed and provided with a slot in the bottomthereof, through which the coin is allowed to fall into the apparatus,which maybe actuated for the purpose of delivering the article. Mountedin suitable bearings underneath each of said chutes is a rock-shaft F,the outer end of each rock-shaft having an angled end F. Fixed to eachrock-shaft is a post F and a spring G has one end fixed to each post andits other end fastened to any convenient fixed object, in the drawingseach spring being shown as fastened at its upper end to a screw-eyewhich. is fastened to the wall of the casing. The object of said springis to normally hold the rock-shaft in the position shown in solid linesin the sectional view of the drawings.

H II designate stops projecting from the inner surface of the front wallof the casing and against which said posts are adapted to contact tolimit the rocking movements of the shafts in one direction, and I Idesignate stops also fastened to the inner surface of the front wall ofthe casing and adapted to limit the rocking movements of the shafts inthe opposite direction. Fixed to each of said rock-shafts is acoin-receiving receptacle N, which are held by set-screws to the shafts,and each of said receptacles has one face recessed, as at N, and thebottom of each recess is preferably inclined. O O are plates the upperends of which are outwardly curved, and each of said plates has acentral aperture adapted to receive a screw J, and one of said plates isfastened to the bottom of each recess, thereby forming a pocket theopposite walls of which outwardly flare and are adapted to receive acoin as it falls through the aperture in the bottom of the coin-chute.

The operation of my apparatus is simple and is as follows: A pile ofarticles to be de livered first being inserted in the chutesB andresting upon the flanges at the bottoms thereof, when it is desired todeliver the articles singly, it being understood that but one articlecan be delivered at a time for the reason that the cross-pieces 13*,which connect the lower ends of the longitudinal flanges upon the chutesB, will prevent but one article at a time being delivered, the spaceintervening between said cross-piece and the curved flanges at thebottom of the chute being preferably the width of the article to bedelivered or slightly wider, a coin is inserted in one or another of theslots and rolling down upon edge in the coin-chute and falling throughthe slot in the bottom of said coin-chute drops into the receptacle withits upper edge projecting slightly above the top of said receptacle asufficient distance to contact with the edge of an article to bedelivered as the shaft is rocked with the receptacle and coin heldthereby. As the operator turns down the crank or handle end of the shaftin the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 the bottommost articleof the pile will be pushed out from under the rest by the coin and willslide down the flanges and fall into the receptacle provided to receivethe same. As the operator releases the handle the spring secured theretowill force the shaft to rock back quickly to its normal position, and asthe post comes in contact with the stop and comes to a standstillquickly the momentum of the shaft coming to its normal position willcause the coin to be thrown out of the receptacle and fall into thelower part of the casing and be deposited in the bottom of the casing,from which the coins may be removed at any time through an opening inthe casing.

From the foregoing it will be noted that by the provision of theapparatus shown and de scribed a simple and efficient means is afford edwhereby the articles may be accurately delivered and reducing to aminimum the operating parts of the apparatus for ac complishing thispurpose.

What I claim is 1. A coin-controlled apparatus comprising a casing witha coin-chute therein, a rockshaft mounted in suitable bearings Withinsaid casing, a post projecting'from said shaft, a spring connecting saidpost with said coinchute, stops against which said post is adapted tostrike to limit the movement of said shaft in opposite directions, acoinholding receptacle adjustably held upon said rockshaft and providedwith a recess in one face thereof, a plate seated in said recess andhaving one end curved away from the bottom of said recess, forming aslot intermediate the plate and receptacle to receive a coin, the outerend of said shaft being bent at an angle, forming a handle, as setforth.

2. A coin-controlled apparatus comprising a casing with a slot in theside thereof, a coinchute made of a piece of metal which is bent uponitself rectangular-shaped forming between'the longitudinal edges thereofa slot which has an opening therein, the ends of said chute beingflanged and fastened to the wall of the casing, a flanged boss mountedin an aperture in the wall of the casing, a rockshaft having a bearingin said boss, a post projecting from said shaft, a spring connecting thepost with said chute, stops positioned in the path of said post andadapted to limit the movements of the latter in opposite directions, acoin-holding receptacle having an aperture through which said shaftpasses, a set'screw for holding the receptacle upon the shaft, one faceof said receptacle being recessed, a plate seated in said recess, ascrew for holding said plate to the coin-receptacle, one end of saidplate being outwardly curved forming a slot intermediate the same andthe receptacle, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

FLOYD J. TEFFT. Witnesses:

JAMES J. COLLIER, G. V. SAoKETT.

